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Review of Runaway Train (1985)

By Simon T (674) on 22 Aug 2015

Bafflingly overpraised, very ordinary thriller, with a hugely miscast Jon Voight overacting in compensation…

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Review of The Iron Giant (1999)

By Simon T (674) on 20 Aug 2015

Perfect animated feature. No wise-cracking, a focus on story, and some of the most beautiful draughtsmanship ever…

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Review of Pain & Gain (2013)

By Simon T (674) on 18 Aug 2015

No wonder this film was so crap! It seemed like a good idea. It had good actors. Mark Wahlberg can usually be great…

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Review of Birdman (2015)

By Simon T (674) on 18 Aug 2015

A long dark night of the soul, thrillingly directed, acted, photographed and scripted - and anchored by a superlative central performance by…

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Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By Simon T (674) on 18 Aug 2015

A long dark night of the soul, thrillingly directed, acted, photographed and scripted - and anchored by a superlative central performance by…

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Review of The Squid and the Whale (2005)

By Simon T (674) on 14 Aug 2015

A film with plenty going on. Some crazy goings on and simple plot, but all very perfectly crafted together…

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Review of Foxcatcher (2014)

By Simon T (674) on 11 Aug 2015

Stunningly well-acted and directed thriller set in the world of wrestling and enormous isolating wealth…

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Review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

By Simon T (674) on 07 Aug 2015

There is no point trying to understand what is going on: it's all circus, Karla and blank looks…

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Review of The Lazarus Effect (2015)

By Simon T (674) on 07 Aug 2015

M rated horror movies are rarely good. This was one of the crappy ones…

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Review of Whiplash (2014)

By Simon T (674) on 06 Aug 2015

How could a film about jazz drumming be so engrossing, exciting and - yes - frightening…

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Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955)

By Simon T (674) on 06 Aug 2015

I must have watched this movie at least a dozen times…

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Review of Yes Man (2008)

By Simon T (674) on 05 Aug 2015

A good premise quickly goes nowhere…

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Review of The Babadook (2014)

By Simon T (674) on 03 Aug 2015

When it works, it works very well…

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Review of That's Entertainment! (1974)

By Simon T (674) on 28 Jul 2015

Wonderful documentary celebrating the history of MGM musicals through it's classic numbers hosted by some of it's biggest stars…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Simon T (674) on 25 Jul 2015

Every monster movie ever made is referenced here - Jaws, Alien, Cloverfield, King Kong, Jurassic Park, The Iron Giant - but with little of…

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Review of The Mad Butcher (1971)

By Simon T (674) on 24 Jul 2015

Despite the no-budget sets, the pedestrian direction, the clunky dubbing…

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Review of Inherent Vice (2014)

By Simon T (674) on 23 Jul 2015

Paul Thomas Anderson comes seriously unstuck with this impenetrable and very long gonzo comedy/mystery…

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Review of Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)

By Simon T (674) on 21 Jul 2015

Stolidly directed - as always - by Robert Wise, this B&W submarine drama is redeemed by characteristically fine performances by Lancaster and…

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Review of The Hunt (2013)

By Simon T (674) on 20 Jul 2015

Slow-burn study of mob mentality in a small Danish town, all the more effective for its cool and unhurried direction by co-writer Thomas Vinterberg,…

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Review of Twisted Nerve (1968)

By Simon T (674) on 16 Jul 2015

Peculiar and (now) very un-PC thriller, well-acted but stagily directed. It's also very very slow: the denouement takes forever to arrive…

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